MOJ CRITICAL THINKING TEST
MOJ Critical Thinking Test
Test your reasoning skills and challenge your logical thinking with the MOJ Critical Thinking Test. Designed for individuals seeking to enhance their analytical abilities, this quiz covers a range of logical fallacies and causal relationships.
Take on the challenge to improve your critical thinking skills through:
- Multiple choice questions
- Real-world examples
- Insightful feedback
I am sure that you will agree that we should all work together to increase the profit of this company. Anyone not agreeing with this policy will be fired immediately.
Argumentum ad baculum
Argumentum ad misericordiam
Ad Hominem
Argumentum ad populum
Theodore H. Teabody, the well-known historian, says that Copi's book is the best logic book in the world. I believe him since the word of such a great man shouldn't be disputed
Appeal to the masses
Appeal to threat
Appeal to unqualified authority
Hasty generilaztion
Everyone believes that Lander University is improving its academic programs yearly; therefore, I conclude that Lander will be a much higher rated school several years from now.
Argumentum ad verecundiam
Argumentum ad populum
Argumentum ad misericundiam
Petitio Principii
Arguing that a claim must be true merely because a substantial number of people believe it is called the fallacy of...
Appeal to ignorance
Equivocation
Appeal to the masses
Appeal to threat
None of the above
Identify the meaning of cause "The shuttle was delayed because of a huge tree fell across the road in the storm
Agent
Necessary condition
Probabilistic cause
Sufficent condition
Proximate condtion
The crops are small because there hasn't been enough rain
Necessary condition
Sufficent condtion
Agent
Proximate
None of the above
Exposure to high levels of radiation causes cancer
Necessary condition
Individually necessary jointly suficent condition
Sufficent condition
Proximate condition
Determine whether a necessary condition exists in the following statement.
If this month does not have exactly 30 days, then this is not the month of June.
If this month does not have exactly 30 days, then this is not the month of June.
Necessary Condition
Not necessary condition
Determine whether a necessary condition exists in the following statement.
If I do not have at least the equivalent of $1, then I do not have exactly 100 pennies.
If I do not have at least the equivalent of $1, then I do not have exactly 100 pennies.
Necessary condition
Not necessary
The method of agreement tells us that if all the instances in which the event under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have everything in common except one item, then that item is causally connected to the event.
True
False
Since the word “cause” has several meanings, when it is used in everyday situations the possibility of ambiguity arises.
True
False
Determine which of Mill’s methods matches the description that follows:
If two or more instances in which an event occurs have only one thing in common, while the two or more instances in which it does not occur all have the absence of that thing, then the item in which the two sets of instances differ is causally connected to the event.
If two or more instances in which an event occurs have only one thing in common, while the two or more instances in which it does not occur all have the absence of that thing, then the item in which the two sets of instances differ is causally connected to the event.
The method of concomitant variations
The method of agreement
The method of difference
The joint method of agreement and difference
The method of concomitant variations is the method that looks at two or more instances of an event to see what they have in common.
True
False
The New York Times printed that article, so everything in it must be true.
Genetic fallacy
Ad hominem
Equivocation
Appeal to the masses
Depression causes sickness. People who are terminally ill are also often depressed. So, depression can cause illness.
Genetic fallacy
Confusing cause with effect
Ignoring a common underlying cause
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Confusing corelation for casual connection
Sarah liked playing with her brother's army toys when she was a child. Sarah joined the army as an adult. Playing with army toys makes you want to join the army.
Confusing cause with effect
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Ignoring a common underlying cause
Proximate condition
"Every time that rooster crows, the sun comes up. That rooster must be very powerful and important!"
Confusing cause with effect
Proximate condition
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Genetic fallacy
Confusing correlation for casual connection
The argument offers an explanation, based on a temporal ordering of the events, that confuses co-occurrence with causality: A happened just before B, so A caused B.
Confusing cause with effect
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Confusing correlation for casual connection
Ignorimg a common underlying cause
Pam wants to buy a new vacuum cleaner. Her friend Margo tells her not to buy Brand X because she bought that one and it didn't last a month until it just stopped running. Pam says she will definitely not buy Brand X.
Appeal to people
Semi-attached figure
Misplaced vividness
Pseudo-Precision
Genetic fallacy
Taylor was new at Baily Middle School, and he had a terrible first day. When another new student shows up, Trent, Taylor tells him that the school is awful and no one likes new students.
Genetic fallacy
Pseudo-Precision
Appeal to people
Misplaced vividness
Semi-attached figure
In the 2016 presidential campaign, many of Donald Trump's positions on issues have been criticized because of his past words and actions. As he tries to appeal to conservative Christians with his political speeches, many have criticized his seeming lack of conservative Christian values previously.
Appeal to threat
Argumentum ad populum
Argumnetum ad verecundiam
Ad hominem
Equivocation
Jimmy Swaggart (televangelist) argued against sexual immorality; however, he had several affairs with prostitutes.
You look who is talking(Ad hominem)
Genetic fallacy
Argumentum ad misericundiam
Argumentum ad solus
Appeal to pity
Annabel likes to read and would rather do that than play sports. Her friends make fun of her and tell her that reading is for nerds. Katie stops reading so much and starts to play sports more.
Grandstanding
Bandwagon
Argumentum ad populum
Appeal to consesus
All the given options are correct
None of the given options are correct
Tsikata wants to go to a small community college close to home, but most of the kids in his class are applying to larger colleges out of state. Tsikata decides that he should also apply to those colleges.
Appeal to reasoning
Appeal to people
Argumentum ad misericundiam
Appeal to pity
Appeal to logic
Jhay Tripp was raised in a Christian home. When he goes to college, many of the students do not believe in Jesus and do not attend church. Jhay Tripp begins to doubt his faith because of his new friend's lack of faith
Bandwagon
Petitio principii
Argumentum ad baculum
Argumentum ad verecundiam
Hasty Generaliaztions
Smoking cigarettes can kill you because cigarettes are deadly.
Begging the question
Petitio principii
Both A and B are correct
Ad hominem
Sa-ad my roommate said his philosophy class was hard and the one I'm in is hard, too. All Philosophy class must be hard
Hasty generilaztion
Appeal to the people
Appeal to threat
Circular reasoning
Genetic fallacy
Determine the type of causal fallacy
There is ample evidence to prove that having very badly yellow-stained fingers causes fatal lung cancer. I know this because every corpse with advanced lung cancer that I examined as a medical student had yellow stains all over the first and second fingers of one hand, usually the right hand.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Confusing cause with effect
Overlooking (ignoring) a common underlying cause
Confusing corellation for causal connection
The use of a word in two different senses in an argument is the fallacy of...
Appeal to the person
Equivocation
Begging the question
Appeal to the emotion
If a claim is believed by many people, it should be considered true.
True
False
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